The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd

Title: The Weaver’s Daughter

Author: Sarah E. Ladd

Genre: Christian Historical Romance

Era: Regency

Setting: mid-England countryside

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Source: from Netgalley (in exchange for an honest review)

Overall Rating: 3/5 stars

The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd

Loyalty has been at the heart of the Dearborne family for as long as Kate can remember, but a war is brewing in their small village, one that has the power to rip families asunder –including her own. As misguided actions are brought to light, she learns how deep her father’s pride and bitterness run, and she begins to wonder if her loyalty is well-placed.

Henry Stockton, heir to the Stockton fortune, returns home from three years at war seeking refuge from his haunting memories. Determined to bury the past, he embraces his grandfather’s goals to modernize his family’s wool mill, regardless of the grumblings from the local weavers. When tragedy strikes shortly after his arrival, Henry must sort truth from suspicion if he is to protect his family’s livelihood and legacy.

Henry has been warned about the Dearborne family. Kate, too, has been advised to stay far away from the Stocktons, but chance meetings continue to bring her to Henry’s side, blurring the jagged lines between loyalty, justice, and truth. Kate ultimately finds herself with the powerful decision that will forever affect her village’s future. As unlikely adversaries, Henry and Kate must come together to find a way to create peace for their families, and their village, and their souls – even if it means risking their hearts in the process.

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Heiress by Susan May Warren

Title: Heiress

Author: Susan May Warren

Series: Daughters of Fortune, #1

Genre: Historical Romance with Christian themes

Era: 1890s through 1918 (Gilded Age/Edwardian/WW1)

Setting: New York, Montana

Publisher: Summerside Press

Source: bought myself a copy

Time Taken to Read: about two days

Overall Rating: 3.5/5 stars (at least a star removed for content)

A Heart Most Worthy by Siri Mitchell

Title: A Heart Most Worthy

Author: Siri Mitchell

Series: Against All Expectations, #4 (is meant to be a standalone)

Genre: Historical Romance with Christian undertones

Era: 1918 (WW1)

Setting: Boston, United States

Publisher: Bethany House

Source: bought myself a copy at the local library

Time Taken to Read: about three days

Overall Rating: 5/5 stars

Cries of Grace by Angela Beach Silverthorne

Title: Cries of Grace

Author: Angela Beach Silverthorne

Series: Cries, Book 2

Genre: Christian Contemporary

Setting: United States

Publisher: Angela Beach Silverthorne

Source: from the author (in exchange for honest review)

Overall Rating: 2/5 stars

Cries of Grace by Angela Beach Silverthorne

The Haven has enjoyed five years of peace after a brutal demonic assault. The land has flourished. People have moved on, reaping a treasure house of blessings and getting comfortable and complacent.

Bren has been away for five years. Now she heads home with a Master’s degree in nursing, hoping to follow her grandmother’s passion as a midwife. Going home holds deep-rooted issues. She must face the death of her grandmother, her father’s involvement in demonic activity, and bitter disappointments.

Going home also means seeing Joseph. Through brief visits, phone calls, and letters, Bren has fallen in love with Joseph. She is indebted to him for helping restore The Haven to its former glory, but she wants more. She wants her love reciprocated to the fullest.
Going home might mean more hurt, more brokenness, but it also might mean love and passion, sharing a future with the man of her dreams.

Cries of Grace weaves a beautiful tale of romance, redemption, faith, and trust, but in the background things are shifting—mistrust, deceit, and corruption begin to slip in and insidiously corrode hope.

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A Question of Courage by Jesseca Wheaton (Blog Tour)

Title: A Question of Courage

Author: Jesseca Wheaton

Series: Questions of War, #2

Genre: Christian Historical Adventure (with light romance)

Era: World War Two

Setting: Kansas and the South Pacific

Publisher: Jesseca Wheaton

Source: from author (in exchange for honest review)

Overall Rating: 5/5 stars

Isolated by Jordy Leigh

Title: Isolated

Author: Jordy Leigh

Series: War and Wilderness, #1

Genre: Christian Action/Adventure

Publisher: Jordy Leigh

Source: from author (in exchange for honest review)

Overall Rating: 4/5 stars

ISOLATED BY JORDY LEIGH

Fourteen-year-old Louise Stella flees into the forest to escape an intruder who would take her hostage. But by the time she returns to her house, her country has broken out in war and her home island has become a military base. Sharing the land with enemy soldiers, Louise’s only goal is to stay alive one day at a time. Having no food or water, and little knowledge of how to survive in the forests of Quebec, her biggest adversary is “the Unknown”. Her pride crumbles and she realizes that she can’t sustain herself. She must depend on someone else… but Who?

Isolated is a Young Adult suspense novella with uncertainty lurking at every turn. It will have you asking the big questions about life and death. Will you come to the same conclusion as Louise?

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Reading Rants: Clueless Main Characters

One of my biggest pet peeves in fiction is Clueless Main Characters.

You’d think this would be one of the things authors would avoid. But it’s not. Throughout fiction, we see quite a spattering of main characters who are complete idiots.

I’m currently in the middle of Northanger Abbey, a book I absolutely adore. The main character, Catherine Moreland, is completely clueless.